The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Personalised Soother / Dummy Clip
Alert number
2009-0270
Product type
Childcare articles and children's equipment - Soother/Dummy Clip
Product identifiers
eBay item number: 254234846279
Product description
Coloured beads and beads with letter spelling out names with clip and loop for soother / dummy. Soother clip designed to attached to child under 36 month's clothes with the other end attached to dummy to prevent the dummy's loss.
Country of origin
Unknown
Counterfeit
Unknown
Risk level
High
Risk Type
Strangulation and choking
Risk description
The product's press studs and beads can detach under forces less than the permissible minimum, producing small parts and presenting a high risk of choking. The product was also measured as greater in length than the maximum permissible length outlined in the standard, presenting a risk of strangulation. The product doesn't meet the requirements of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
Measures taken by economic operators
Withdrawal of the product from the market.
Online marketplace
eBay
Notifier
Local authority trading standards
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